Private scholarship opportunities for law

Applicant must be a U.S. citizen who is attending or planning to attend an accredited institution while pursuing a degree or certification in law school, paralegal studies, legal assistant studies, court reporting, or another law-related field.

Applicant must be a lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender person enrolled as a student for the 2015-16 academic year at an ABA-accredited law school. Applicant must be eligible to sit for the Patent Bar Exam and be interested in pursuing a career in patent law.

The James E. Beckley Securities Arbitration and Law Writing CompetitionAmount: $500, $750 and $1,000Deadline: September 18, 2015

Applicant may be any student who attends a law school in the United States. Full-time students who are not law students but who write law-related papers as part of a course at an American law school are also eligible.

Applicant must be an undergraduate or graduate student studying in the field of law who has an interest in helping others, has a passion for participating and improving the practice of law and dispute resolution and is highly motivated.